A film miniature set to classical music. In the living room, a musical quartet plays a piece by Mozart. The gathered guests, however, are more preoccupied with themselves than with the music. A waiter serves drinks. Distinguished ladies sit in armchairs and are observed by one of the men. His gaze settles on a young woman. Soon, both disappear from the living room. A bored little boy stands among the audience. He tries to slip away unnoticed, but his efforts fail. Nearby, a grandfather dozes in a wheelchair. He is constantly awakened by loud music. A buzzing fly disturbs the solemn mood. Only the musical quartet is completely absorbed in the incredibly lively performance of the piece.
The tumultuous life of the controversial 1960s black revolutionary (and convicted murderer) Michael X is illustrated by a kaleidoscopic melding of sound and images.
In the late 1950s, British police officer Tony Aaron resigns from the force after sleeping with Hazel, wife of the man whose house he was supposed to guard.
Jimmy Burke and his friends steal 10 million from the Lufthansa office in New York. The FBI has no idea who the thieves are until Burke girlfriend gives them a hint.
Carmen, a journalist with two children, is on her third marriage, to Antonio, a record producer. Over the course of a year, we follow her through her discontents: Antonio's lateness, his fatigue when she wants to make love, his insistence on her company when she prefers solitude, his treating her work as less important than his, his casual and cruel dismissal of her opinions, her boss assigning her an incompetent editor, bartenders ignoring her, her passage into middle age.
In Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers who call themselves The Ex-Presidents commit their crimes while wearing masks of Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson.
